QUALIA 006 Owner's Thread - Page 554

Thought I would try a different title to get attention as we are ready to take the Qualia to the dump. We can't fathom throwing something like this away...

Does anyone want it? I am in Arizona.

Thestewman?

Thx

I'd like bigger but want flat panel for brightness. I went to Frys again to look at the Sharp, this time with Avatar. I was actually blown away by the picture after minor tweaking. I looked at the 75 Laservue, wanted to like it but it just was not good enough for me IMHO.

Can't beleive the Q s going to the dump...

Agree. That's exactly why I want to spend as little as possible. Tech is evolving quickly but need something now. 3D has a long way to go and won't miss what I don't have today. Guess I'm rationalizing to a certain extent...

Was not that impressed with the Laservue and bigger seems like it will be worse but we shall see. The Sharp for 3k looked very livable and will make a nice gift one day. It also fits in my cabinet/frame nicely by just lifting it up to the height of the Q. Wonder if I should get an extended warranty this time?

I only want the optical block.If we can get one rebuilt then we would have 1 for every member to purchase from the rebuilder on exchange.

Providing the rebuilt OB works correctly.

Any chance ?

Craigslist, ask $200.

LOL oh Craigslist is there anything you won't sell? Although honestly not much point unless you really want a headache of explaining to people the tale of woe of your Q. We are looking for someone to try to remove an OB but that is pretty darn hard work and takes someone with a chunk of determination and skill (or daring) to attempt.

If you have any new or almost new bulbs there probably is a Qualian like myself who is keeping the dream alive who wouldn't mind picking one up. I think all of us are loathe to put much cash into our Qs even if we haven't taken the Sony offer yet (I am holding off maybe if they decide to do a larger tv later this year I will bite).

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The reports I have seen say that a competent callibration by UMR makes a world of difference on the Laservue, so one cannot necessarily judge by what one sees in a store, unfortunately. Apparently, the laservue is improved much more than other types of sets by a callibrator with the proper equipment AND TALENT.

I agree with not going off the deep end on spending--too much is changing and getting better--and wait and see is the better course with so much change. I rationalized buying the Q by saying: "better to enjoy it now, than wait for the next best thing"..Bad thought at the Q's price point. The XBR 70" was just around the corner at half the price and 90% of the picture.

Sony recently sent me an NX810 to replace an older SXRD. After adjusting the set with settings from a calibrator and tweaking...Everyone who saw the set liked my older SXRD set for PQ. The newer set had better, deeper colors but the SXRD set has a brighter, clearer image. The pixel density and processing can't be beat on the SXRD sets. I believe in an effort to make thinner sets the best technologies were abanoned. The new LCD sets look terrible, imho. Some of the plasmas seem to lack a wide contrast ratios so whites are more grey than white.

Any Q owner want to sell their OB before junking their 006 ?

I am willing to buy the OB
Pay a service tech's charge to remove it if not exorbitant.
Pay for shipping.

Contact me thestewman@comcast.net

for those continuing to have that 70in itch, sharp has a 70in LCD...

A quick 3 cheers for Stew - I appreciate the hope of a new lease on life for the Q. Truth be told I doubt I could get the wife to go for much more investment into the Q, the wife still thinks its a behemoth and looks forward to something a tad more petite (at least in girth as she knows going down in picture size will be a hard sell).

I think the Q should last until the next gen of tvs finally makes it look old. The 3d just isn't there yet so it is nice to think I might have some other option than buying a new "in between set" until the real next gen gets here (even if it is just a nice pipedream).

Thanks for the encouragement.
Now if some Q owner will step forward with an OB from a set they are taking to the dump or letting someone haul away.
I also would like to thank Chris another Q owner who has stepped forward with an offer to invest in obtaining a used OB.
So Q owners anyone have an OB to sell ?
We are willing to pay for removal and shipping.

Questions and answers at thestewman@comcast.net

not ready to scrap mine, yet

totally agree. sony gave me an ex700 for my defective xbr2 and no comparision.

pq on the sxrds totally outperforms any lcds being offered as replacements
by sony.

i'd rather have a properly functioning sxrd over any lcd or plasma currently available. only pio kuro 9g surpass it. if only the obs on the sxrds would
last for more than 2-3 years.

sigh................................

Changed bulb on my Qualia about 2 weeks ago and everything has been working great till yesterday, turned unit on, hear sound for about 1 min and a half and then it shuts off and red light blinks 5 times. I have searched and searched to see what it may be and havent found anything, I tried a used back lamp I have and it still doesnt work. Unplugged unit for a whole day and nothing, any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks...newbie

Thought someone else would pick this up. Service manual says: "Lamp driver is faulty" with 5 blinks. I think this is the part more commonly referred to as the "lamp ballast". The service manual shows pictures of a "Lamp power supply block", which is replacable as an assembly. I've attached a picture from the manual.

When my Q OB finally goes, I beginning to think that it would be useful to take out some of the replacable modules for the purpose of keeping Q's with other than OB problems going.

Do you have the service manual available as a PDF file ?
If so would you share it ?

Stew

my manual went with the buyer of my xbr2. the sony website has e-manuals
for their more current models. you might be able to find one for your model there.

No,it's paper (and quite a lot of it with all the schematics). I'll be holding on to it until final failure--then using it to disassemble. Ted

Ted,

It's a noble cause to consider a spent Q to be an organ donor.

Stew,

I just emailed you a pdf of the Q006 Service Manual.

To "Mr. Wally" above,

The Service Manual is NOT the "Owner Manual". The Service Manual has take apart exploded diagrams, wiring schematics and color photos of internal parts. etc. I purchased it a couple years ago from some esoteric source on line.

Chris

Totally agree!

I watched a Q006 sell on eBay for only $575 a few days ago, but Seller required local pickup in CA. Unfortunately, I live in TN or I would have purchased it for exactly that purpose.

I wish we somehow had or could get email access to more Q owners to contact for such an appeal.

Chris

here is a link to the service manual courtesy of our very own brt3

Just logged on and saw the information, headed out of town, but I will look at it on monday...thanks for all the help!!! Enjoy your weekends!

I am new to this forum and thread, but only because the OB problem crept in so slowly that we didn't realize how horrible it really was. I was pretty sure that the hockey rink wasn't actually yellow and after a quick search and a LOT of reading, here I am.

Our repair guy indicated that the new OB is made of completely different materials than the original and he thought it would be immune to the problem. Any truth to this statement?

I am trying to get Sony to replace the OB (first time). Not sure if that is the best course, or if it would be better to accept some replacement model. The initial offer they made seemed like a horrible joke to me (KDL55HX800). Repair guy suggested that I just keep on Sony to replace the OB because "they take care of their customers." He made it sound like it was almost a guarantee if we just keep at it. Is this a prudent course?

I would advise you to take the replacement set, even to only sell it and get another larger 60"-70" display. There is no evidence that Sony has reengineered the OB, so a replacement is likely to fail again, and at a time when it is uncertain what course of action Sony will take.

You might want to take some time to review the past few months of posts here. Q owners have put a lot of thought into this matter, and you will benefit from all of the input.

Good luck.

I am still trying to buy a OB from a set being discarded.
I will pay for the OB and the transportation expense.
Removing it is not difficult if you do not have to remember how to reconnect
it.
This will benefit any Q owners who have a failure problem in that we will have a OB available to be rebuilt for a small cost.

Although I do agree with the latter part of your statement, the former I disagree with (at least in reference to the XBR1's optical block, which yes, I realize has no direct correlation to the Q). When the optical block on my XBR1 was replaced, I took a good long look (and pictures) of the old and new. The replacement was a genuine Sony part, and it looked different in some ways. The tech at the time gave me the same story, i.e. that it shouldn't fail anytime soon compared to the first version. So far, he's been right, although I do believe that it will still fail, someday.

Please provide any evidence you have whatsoever that shows Sony has improved the Q006 optical block. I suspect you will be the first to do so.

Comparisons of the Q OB and any other Sony SXRD OB are meaningless to the point of whether the Q OB has been reengineered. This issue has been addressed and is a huge bone of contention with Q owners.

Many Q owners have had multiple OB replacement failures and I don't recall anyone thinking Sony has done anything to improve on the original design.

I don't mean to sound harsh, but this is a raw nerve for a lot of Q owners; I would have at least wanted to hear from Sony that something just couldn't be done but getting any kind of technical opinion from Sony has been elusive, to say the least.